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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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EWT vs SIVR: how they differ

EWT is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year EWT returned more, +84.9% against +54.2%.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF and abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

EWT and SIVR on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
EWT
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF
SIVR
abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesabrdn
What it isMSCI TaiwanPhysical Silver
Total return, 1 year+84.9%+54.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+67.4 pts+36.7 pts
Expense ratio0.59%not published
Holdings85not filed

EWT in plain words

EWT is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Taiwan. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +84.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 85 positions, with the top ten at 51.6%.

SIVR in plain words

SIVR is a commodity fund tracking the Physical Silver. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +54.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 44.9% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or SIVR?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +84.9% and SIVR returned +54.2%, so EWT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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EWT against SIVR, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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